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Corn Growers To Explore Payment Shift

(Wallaces Farmer)  ...NCGA (National Corn Growers Association) delegates attending the meeting in Tampa, Fla., adopted ethanol policy that states "NCGA supports reforming existing ethanol tax policy. Ideas to replace existing tax law, in the following priority order, should be a variable

March 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Cheap Food, Elevated Oil Prices Don't Mix

By Kevin Hursh (Postmedia News/Montreal Gazette) ...The ethanol industry, particularly in the U.S., is a prime target of those who worry about food prices. About 37 per cent of the American corn crop goes to making ethanol. Cancelling the ethanol incentives

March 14, 2011 Read Full Article

National Security Interests Require Tax Incentives for Biofuels and Advanced Biofuels

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  With the oil industry, a 150-year old mature enterprise, still receiving at least 2.5 times the subsidies of the renewable fuel industry ($72 billion 2002-2008, Environmental Law Institute 2009 study), it is disingenuous

March 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Big Meat and Its Big Lie

By Stephanie Dreyer (Growth Energy/RenewableEnergyWorld.com)  Smithfield, the world's largest producer and processor of pork, reported record profits this quarter as the global economy continues to recover and exports rise. ...Despite these record earnings, just yesterday the American Meat Institute supported legislation introduced from Senators

March 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Klobuchar, Johnson Introduce Legislation to Promote Domestic Energy Production

(Senator Amy Klobuchar)  Bill would reduce U.S. dependence on oil, strengthen rural economies, and spur innovation in the energy sector U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tim Johnson (D-SD) introduced legislation today that focuses on developing and deploying safe, reliable domestically

March 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Growth Energy, Pacific Ethanol Speak Out on Ethanol Tax Credit

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Tom Buis, CEO, Growth Energy: “Anyone who blames ethanol for pain at the pump simply hasn’t looked at the market, where ethanol is historically cheaper than gasoline. In fact, ethanol is the cheapest motor fuel

March 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Budget Hawks: Does US Need to Give Gas and Oil Companies $41 Billion a Year?

by Mark Clayton  (Christian Science Monitor)  As President Obama and Congress look for budget cuts, some experts say federal energy subsidies are ripe for trimming. Among oil companies, nuclear power, and coal, who gets what from US taxpayers? ...But the American

March 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Grassley Says Corn-Based Fuel Part of Overall Energy Picture

by Matt Kelley  (Radio Iowa)  At a political event in central Iowa last night, former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer  promised to end ethanol subsidies if he’s elected president. Roemer’s comment didn’t wow the crowd in the heart of the nation’s

March 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Feels Squeeze as Congress Tightens Belt

by Elana Shor (Greenwire/New York Times)   ...Major oil companies, Hartwig added, "make $50 billion a quarter in profits, yet still get billions of dollars of permanent subsidies in the tax code each and every year. Is that a wise

March 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Letter to Editor: Facts about Gasoline

by David Hallberg (JournalStar)  Regarding "Figuring out the ethanol scam" (Local View, Feb. 26): Next time William Stone should do his homework before he tries to help people with distorted facts. To begin, he should honestly define gasoline for his readers. It

March 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue

by Gene L. Dodaro (Comptroller General of the United States/US Government Accountability Office)  ...Domestic ethanol production: Congress supported domestic ethanol production through a $5.4 billion tax credit program in 2010 and through a renewable fuel standard that applies to transportation fuels used in

March 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Global Ethanol Leaders Together

by Cindy Zimmerman  (DomesticFuel.com)  ...(T)he 2011 National Ethanol Conferenceconcluded with a lively panel discussion featuring global ethanol leaders. Those on the panel were (LtoR) George Fitch, Director of theCaribbean Basic Ethanol Producers Association; Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association;

March 04, 2011 Read Full Article

House Thwarts Dem Bid to Kill Oil Tax Breaks

by Ben Geman and Mike Lillis  (The Hill/E2Wire)  House Democrats on Tuesday used debate on a short-term spending package to force a largely symbolic vote on ending tax breaks for major oil companies like Exxon and Shell. The "motion to recommit"

March 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Coalition of 90 Groups Blast Ethanol Tax Credits

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, a coalition of 90 organizations urged Congress to let the refundable Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) expire and to resist calls for spending on infrastructure for conventional biofuels. The coalition says: “Congress has

March 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Demand Topped off for Ethanol

by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo (Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com)  2010 saw record production for evolving industry. U.S. ethanol production pretty much hit a ceiling last year at 13.23 billion gallons, or about 10 percent of all gasoline production, according to an industry report Monday. To

March 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Grassley and Ethanol: Industry Loses Key Ally in Deficit Battle

by Phil Brasher (Des Moines Register)  Cutting the deficit is more important than protecting the ethanol industry if it comes to that, says Sen. Chuck Grassley, long the biofuel industry's most powerful ally in Congress. Grassley said Tuesday that he would

February 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Why We Still Don't Know How Much Money Goes to Fossil Energy

by Mike Casey (Renewable Energy World)  The national conversation about wasteful welfare for highly profitable dirty energy corporations has gone from the dramatic statement by the Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency that fossil fuel subsidies are one of the

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Wall Street Journal Bigotry, Lies and Abuse of Power or a “Range Fiasco”?

by Vinod Khosla (GreenTechMedia)  Mr. Khosla comes out swinging at the Wall Street Journal’s take on Range Fuels and biofuels. ...Regarding certain “facts” in the editorial, “The Range Fuels Fiasco” (Review & Outlook, Feb. 10): The WSJ persists in mischaracterizing my relationship

February 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Government Hands May Be Tied on Ethanol: USDA Official

by Ayesha Rascoe  (Reuters)  ..."The fact is the industry has pretty much been built," USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber told reporters on the sidelines of a Commodity Markets Council conference. "This isn't a question of just saying 'cut it off.'

February 22, 2011 Read Full Article

House Turns against Ethanol in E15 Votes

(Des Moines Register)   The U.S. House has rebuffed key initiatives to expand the market for corn ethanol, a sign that the industry's once legendary political clout is weakening with the conservative gains in Congress. The Republican-controlled House voted 285-136 early

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Blender Pumps Fuel Ethanol Growth

by Candace Krebs  (AgJournal.com)  Since Stratton Equity Co-op installed Colorado’s first “blender pump” offering a range of ethanol based fuels last April, interest has slowly been rising, right on track with national ethanol usage overall. “We’ve had a gradual increase in

February 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Top Dems Call on House GOP to Eliminate Oil Industry Tax Breaks

by Andrew Restuccia (The Hill/E2Wire)  Top Senate Democrats are calling on House Republicans to agree to a plan to eliminate oil industry tax breaks as a means of reducing the deficit. The proposal comes as House Republicans have pledged to cut

February 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Editorial: Florida Should Be a Leader in Biofuels

If any state should be leading the way in biofuels development, it’s Florida. With abundant sunshine, a long growing season, and plentiful waste from agriculture and from a big human population, the possibilities are obvious for refining biological materials, including algae,

February 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Get the Energy Sector Off the Dole

by Jeffrey Leonard  (Washington Monthly)  Why ending all government subsidies for fuel production will lead to a cleaner energy future—and why Obama has a rare chance to make it happen. ...If President Obama wants to set us on a path to a sustainable

February 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Play Increasing Role in Reduced U.S. Oil Imports & Reduced Vulnerability

by Jon H. Harsch  (Agri-Pulse)  ...Energy Committee Chair Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. pointed to the EIA forecast that after peaking in 2005-06, U.S. oil imports should continue to decline – showing that the U.S. has already reduced its dependence on imports.

February 04, 2011 Read Full Article

The Short View: Oil Industry Bracing for Cuts

by Eben Esterhuizen and Alicia Sellitti, Kapitall  (Motley Fool)  ...Up to now, the oil industry has been able to benefit from substantial tax breaks to the tune of $4 billion a year, which purportedly help keep prices in check and

February 03, 2011 Read Full Article

State of the Union Talks Trade and Biofuels

(AgWired.com)  President Obama made some folks in the ag industry happy with his State of the Union (SOTU) address Tuesday talking about the importance of both biofuels and free trade agreements. Corn farmers and representatives of the renewable fuels industry were especially pleased

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Senate Panel to Put Ethanol under the Microscope

by Ben Geman  (The Hill)  The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s agenda this year includes new scrutiny of ethanol. A spokesperson for committee Democrats said a hearing is in the offing but hasn’t been scheduled yet. Whenever it occurs, the session

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Egyptian Unrest, Rising Oil Prices Focus Attention on Biofuel

by David Louie (KGO)  Last week, it was President Barack Obama renewing his call for U.S. energy independence. On Monday, crude oil hit a two-year high (a benchmark, Brent crude, closed today at $101.01 a barrel), reflecting fears that unrest in Egypt

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

The Corn Ethanol War: Wall Street Journal, Gingrich Get out the Slingblades

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In New York, the Wall Street Journal launched a bitter counterattack this week on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, after Gingrich remarked, at a meeting of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association that “Obviously big urban

February 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Is BCAP on the Chopping Block?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, sources indicate that “the interim final rule is at the printer for the federal register” with respect to Section 9003 (Farm Bill) loan guarantees from the USDA, indicating that the new round should

January 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Fate of the Union: 3-Point Plan for biofuels

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Biofuels Digest)  ...While some would choose to ignore reality, the nation can produce more ethanol sustainably using grains like corn, wheat and barley. ...The nation can also produce significant volumes of renewable fuel from non-grain

January 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Energizing Agriculture

Editorial (Tampa Bay Online)  ...Grassley's backing of the 45-cent-per-gallon tax credit for ethanol blended with gasoline is based, we suspect, less on contributions from corn farmers than on the fact that most Iowa voters like it. There's an important lesson here

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

The Path Forward for Federal Biofuel Incentives

(25 x'25)   The belief that the ethanol industry is entering a new era is nearly universal. As Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President Bob Dinneen put it this week, “new challenges to ethanol policies will be mounted from within the new

January 22, 2011 Read Full Article

The Time to Plan for Ethanol’s Future is Now

by Porter J. Martin and Gregory J. Lynch    (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ... Can ethanol survive without these supports? I believe the answer is yes, if we take steps to plan now. Why? Because we have seen ethanol producers start to

January 19, 2011 Read Full Article

The Elusive Green Economy

by Joshua Green (The Atlantic)  It feels like 1977 all over again: economy in the doldrums, crisis in the Middle East, and a charismatic new Democrat in the White House preaching the gospel of clean energy. Can Obama succeed where

January 13, 2011 Read Full Article

View from the Top: Federal Investments in Energy Infrastructure: What’s Worked before Can Work Again

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization/Biofuels Digest)   ...The federal government must follow its long history of investing in national energy initiatives. ...Recently, any call for increased government funding or involvement in this nascent industry has been met with criticism or

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

With a Little Help From My Friends

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...Yet while we lament about high energy costs, we downright howl over the higher costs of alternative energy and try to push today’s development aside for future progress and cost competitiveness. Let’s talk about cost parity for a

January 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Industry Primed to Flourish

by Philip Brasher  (Des Moines Register)  Boom times are ahead for a biodiesel industry that struggled just to stay alive in 2010. The industry could produce as much as a billion gallons in 2011, nearly triple this year's production, said Gary

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Both Sides: Ethanol Plants are Key to Rebuilding Rural Economies

by Mychal Wilmes   (Agri News/Post-Bulletin)  ...The conservative and liberal think-alikes want to kill the ethanol tax credit for different reasons. The liberals say that ethanol, at best, is environmentally neutral. The conservatives argue is that the tax credit is a

December 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Grassley Says Unity Is Vital to Ethanol Interests

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)   The ethanol industry needs to stop its infighting to preserve its government support beyond next year, says Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia. "We can't stand any more division within biofuels," said Grassley, who led a successful fight

December 21, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Industry Faces Subsidy Battle Next Year

by Charles Abbott and Timothy Gardner (Reuters)  U.S. ethanol makers face a battle over reforming subsidies next year after current incentives are rolled over in the tax package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday. The new law extends the

December 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Military Signals Advanced Biofuels Demand: 336 Million Gallons per Year by 2020

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...This week in Honolulu, Chris Tindal of the US Navy joined advanced biofuels CEOs Jason Pyle of Sapphire Energy and Jonathan Wolfson of Solazyme at BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit, to discuss the scope and scale

December 17, 2010 Read Full Article

House Votes to Extend Ethanol, Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel Tax Credits; Senate Drops Biofuels-Slashing Omnibus Bill

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the US House of Representatives voted by a 277 to 148 margin to approve the Obama tax deal, which extends the ethanol tax credit through 2011, and retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive and the renewable

December 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Senate Tax Bill a Major Step Backwards for the Environment

by Jim Presswood (Switchboard)   The tax bill agreed to last Thursday by Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell contains an energy package that would cause substantial environmental harm. ...The bill extends a 50 cent per gallon tax credit for liquid coal transportation

December 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Maine Gets Most Federal Biofuel Help of Any State

by Mal Leary (Capitol News Service/Bangor Daily News) Maine has received more cash from the federal government for the development of biofuels than any other state. The Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which was started in 2009 to encourage development of renewable fuels,

December 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Corn Growers Push for Tax Credits to Expand Ethanol Industry

by Amy West  (KHAS TV)   Want to see more ethanol blends at the pump? Well, the American Corn Growers Foundation has a plan and they're challenging Congress to help the industry by redirecting more than $15 billion in Foreign Tax

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Price of Ethanol and Price of Oil According to the New York Times

by Raymond J. Learsy (Huffington Post)  In a classic example and contender for the Alfred E. Neuman "I Don't Get It" prize of the year the New York Times' editorial page of December 9th outdid itself. First we had a dissertation on

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Long Shots: Why Throwing Money at Today's Clean-Energy Technologies Could Keep Us from Discovering Tomorrow's.

by Vinod Khosla (Foreign Policy)  ...A mid-2009 report by the reinsurance giant Swiss Re found that climate change could shave off anywhere from 1 to 12 percent of GDP in many countries thanks to shifting climate zones, floods, droughts, and

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Bi-Partisan Support for Biofuels Can Help to Achieve Energy, National Security Objectives

by Steve Maddox  (The Hill)  ...Although conventional, corn-based ethanol is not the darling of the environmental movement, it does have certain national security benefits that cannot be overlooked. And the next generation of biofuels being developed across the country offer

December 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Grassley Speaks Out on Renewable Fuels Tax

(Farm Futures)  Iowa Senator says what's fair for oil should be fair for ethanol. ...During a speech on the Senate floor, Grassley said, "I'd like to remind my colleagues of a debate that we had earlier this year on an amendment

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Five Reasons the Tea Party Is Not Lobbying for End of Ethanol Subsidies

(Newsweek)  Republican Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma were Tea Partiers before the term existed. ...Now they've found a new, eminently worthy target: The 7 billion taxpayer dollars that annually go to subsidize the production of corn-based

December 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Energy Bills May Wait as US Congress Focuses on Taxes for Rest of 2010

by Brian Hansen  (Platts)  Republican leaders in the US Congress said Tuesday after a private meeting with President Barack Obama that they plan to focus on tax issues before legislators adjourn for the year, but did not mention plans for

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Getting the Facts Straight on Ethanol, Letters to the Editor

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  Letter to the Editor, Chicago Tribune, Re: Dennis Byrne’s column “Time to stand up to ethanol interests.” ...First, Byrne’s facts and figures are accurate for the tax credits for domestic ethanol and the renewable fuels standards

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

GOP Battle over Ethanol Heats Up: Grassley Swipes at Coburn and DeMint

by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post/The Plum Line)  It looks like Chuck Grassley is not happy with fellow GOP senators Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn for calling on Congress to let billions in ethanol subsidies expire this year. ...Now Grassley has

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

The Next Big GOP Intra-Party War: Ethanol Subsidies?

by Greg Sargent (Washington Post/Plum Line)  Fresh off a big victory over the GOP establishment on earmarks, conservative GOP senators are opening up a new front in the battle on government spending that could be similar to the earmarks standoff: They

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Fuel Inches Toward Price Parity with Oil

by Stacy Feldman ( SolveClimate/Reuters)  With over 100 start-ups hard at work, industry predicts it can deliver success in under a decade if granted production tax credits ...The head of the 170-member Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), Mary Rosenthal, predicts the fledgling fuel

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Defending Ethanol Subsidies

by Bob Hague (Wisconsin Radio Network)  ...Madison based environmental consultant Brett Hulsey said it’s important to realize that while corn-based ethanol is subsidized, it’s not as if petroleum based gasoline isn’t. “Depending on who you listen to, it’s subsidized anywhere from

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

The Thin Line Between Academics and Advocacy

by Matt Hartwig (Renewable Fuels Association)  Earlier this week, Iowa State University Professor Bruce Babcock released a policy brief entitled “Impact of Ethanol, Corn, and Livestock from Imminent U.S. Policy Decisions.”  Much of this analysis is predicated on anticipated fears

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Toward a Clean Energy Deployment Plan For Jobs, Security, and Broad-Based Economic Growth in 2011

by Bracken Hendricks, Lisbeth Kaufman, Ken Berlin, Monty Humble, Reed Hundt, Alex Kragie, Gerry Waldron  (Center for American Progress) ... Congress must move immediately to reduce the cost of clean energy and remove infrastructure and regulatory barriers to its deployment so that

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry CEOs Predict Parity with Oil in 12-36 Months, for Leading-Edge Companies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In contrast to the “five years away” and subsidy-driven discussions that framed advanced biofuels conversations just two years ago, CEOs are widely reporting that they expect their companies to reach commercial scale within 12-36 months,

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Energy Subsidies Worldwide Reached $57 Billion in 2009, IEA Says

by Alex Morales  (Bloomberg)  Global subsidies for renewable energy totaled $57 billion in 2009, International Energy Agency Chief Economist Fatih Birol said today, providing the agency’s first estimate of assistance for the industry.  The support compares with $312 billion for fossil

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Report Slams G-20 Nations on Fossil Fuel Subsidies

by Ben Geman (The Hill)  Two environmental groups are trying to ratchet up pressure on G-20 nations meeting in South Korea this month to make good on pledges to slash fossil fuel subsidies. White House officials say they’re looking to the Nov.

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Coming Clean on Energy Subsidies

by Paul R. Woodin (OregonLive.com/Community Renewable Energy Association)   ...One of the topics sure to be front and center next year will be the topic of federal and state incentives for the renewable energy industry. Opponents will proclaim they should be

November 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Oil Receives More Taxpayer Dollars: DTN Finds Oil Industry Subsidized Much Higher Than Ethanol

by Todd Neeley (Progressive Farmer)  In the eternal mudslinging between supporters and opponents of biofuels, "subsidies" are one of the opponents' biggest and most painful mud balls. "If ethanol is such a good idea, why does it need government help?" the

October 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Malaysia Mulls Ways to Boost Biofuel

(Jakarta Globe/Agence France-Presse)  Malaysia will consider cutting a diesel subsidy next year in a bid to make its biofuel industry more attractive after production of the alternative fuel virtually ground to a halt. ...Plantations and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok said the

October 07, 2010 Read Full Article

The Health Benefits of Ethanol

(Ethanol Across America)  C. Boyden Gray, one of the architects of the historic 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments that established the nation's reformulated gasoline program, called for increased regulation of air toxics by the Environmental Protection Agency and in so

October 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Deficit Hawks Not Talking Turkey About Ethanol

by Matt Hartwig (Renewable Fuels Association)  A Bloomberg story today warned that deficit hawks in Congress – and potentially those that might be elected this fall – are targeting ethanol as an example of wasteful government spending.  ...Our government spends

September 24, 2010 Read Full Article

New NRDC Fact Sheet Shows How Moving beyond Corn Ethanol Means More Investment and More Jobs in More States

by Sasha Lyutse  (Natural Resources Defense Council)   ... As a result, the VEETC has not only concentrated the ethanol industry in just a handful of states, but siphoned scarce resources away from more competitive biofuel technologies that create far less pollution

August 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Variable Subsidy for Ethanol Better for Producers and Government

by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today)  A variable subsidy for ethanol producers could cost the government less and provide more security for producers than current fixed rates, according to a Purdue University study. A variable subsidy rate would insulate producers

August 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Level the Playing Field and Ethanol Will Compete On Its Own

by Stephanie Dreyer  (Growth Energy/RenewableEnergyWorld.com)  Ethanol has been the Oil Industry’s favorite target for years. Big Oil has argued that the ethanol industry can't compete with gasoline without taxpayer support. Ironically, a recent study by the American Petroleum Institute concluded

August 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Update Ethanol Subsidies to Pressure OPEC

by John D. Graham (Lexington Herald-Leader/McClatchy-Tribune) Editorial ...Due to large swings in oil prices, which are partly manipulated by OPEC, a domestic ethanol industry wouldn't survive without government support. Countries with strong ethanol industries such as Brazil have pro-ethanol policies. ...Now is

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

The Benefits of Ethanol

byGen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.)  (New York Times) Letter to Editor:  ...The consequences include not only huge environmental risks, but a $300 billion-a-year drain from our economy to pay for imported petroleum. Growth Energy’s Fueling Freedom plan would redirect the ethanol

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Outpace Renewables

(Renewable Energy World)  The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. While many governments are putting support behind clean energy, the figures show that renewables are

July 31, 2010 Read Full Article

Pickens Encourages Investment in American Energy

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)   “When do we stop investing in OPEC and start investing in America?”   That’s the question that oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens asked at a House Ways and Means committee hearing Wednesday (April 14, 2010) on “Energy Tax

April 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Circling the Wagons, the Firing Squads and the Arguments: Ethanol Wars Explode in Print, TV

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The ethanol cold war developed into a hot one this week when television and print advertising campaigns debuted both from Brazil’s UNICA and the US-based Growth Energy. ...The Growth Energy campaign is featuring six television spots

April 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Pomeroy, Shimkus Introduce Bill to Preserve American Energy Jobs

Joined by advocates of America's renewable fuels industry, Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)  and Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) unveiled legislation that would extend tax incentives that are critical to the nation's ethanol industry and the preservation of hundreds of thousands of jobs. The

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

The True Cost of Corn Ethanol: A Number of Recent Studies Have Missed the Mark.

by Joshua Kagan (GreentechMedia)  ...While I am completely unapologetic in my belief that Congress and the White House are unwisely pursuing a biofuels policy in which corn ethanol, soybean biodiesel, and cellulosic ethanol have been chosen over radically transformative feedstocks

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Farm Economy Follows Lead of U.S. Recovery, Says Annual FAPRI Baseline Report to Congress

The livestock sector can lead the agricultural economy to higher net farm income, assuming the farm economy benefits from a recovering general U.S. economy.   That analysis tops a 2010 baseline report prepared by the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

The “Why” and “Why Not Better?” of the US Tariff on Brazilian Ethanol

Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Q: Why is there a tariff on Brazilian ethanol? A. Under WTO rules the corn ethanol subsidy of 45 cents per gallon has to be made available to domestic and foreign ethanol. The tariff is designed

January 02, 2010 Read Full Article

White House Eyeing Phasing Out of Fossil Fuel Subsidies

(Chattahbox)  The new study released by the Environmental Law Institute entitled, “Estimating U.S. Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008,” provides the Obama administration with an additional weapon for the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies in the United States.  According

September 21, 2009 Read Full Article
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